Hello, I started using Studio two weeks ago. How to I get Studio to do segment breaks after the closing quotation marks placed immediately after a period?

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I started using/learning Studio two weeks ago, so I am a true beginner.. who's very willing to learn. 
 In the texts I translate, I have a fair amount of quotes... so lots of opening and closing double quotation marks. So far I have been busy mainly aligning pairs of files, from French to English. In those instances, I notice that Studio systematically creates a segment break after the full stop, just before the closing quotation marks. It means a lot of fixing/merging segments. From what I vaguely understand, there must be a way to add a segmentation rule, but I simply do not know how to do it, despite quite a bit of reading and watching video tutorials on the internet. 
 So, how to I get Studio to create segment breaks AFTER the closing quotation marks instead of BEFORE them?

Nora Díaz · Answer

Hi Barbara Pattison 
 That sounds strange, would you be able to post a screenshot of what you see? The default behavior is as below. 
 In Word: 
 
 In Studio: 
 
 So, as you can see, with the default segmentation rules you should have the desired behavior. 
 By the way, segmentation rules are stored in each TM. One place you can find them is by going to Project Settings - All Language Pairs - Translation Memory and Automated Translation - (Select the appropriate TM here), then select Settings - Language Resources - Segmentation Rules.

Paul · Answer

Hi Barbara Pattison 
 The problem seems to be caused by having a space before the quotes, I can repro like this: 
 
 If you create an exception to the full stop rule in your segmentation rules like this: 
 
 Then you should achieve this: 
 
 So go to your TM settings, then Language Resources -> Segmentation Rules -> Add Exception 
 See if that helps you?

Paul · Answer

And just in case your sentences are written like this with no paragraph break after the quoted text: 
 Space after quotation marks. &laquo; Contusion main gauche avec fracture 3 doight gauche, &eacute;crasement main gauche avec atteinte nerf cubital. &raquo; No space after quotation marks. &laquo;Contusion main gauche avec fracture 3 doight gauche, &eacute;crasement main gauche avec atteinte nerf cubital.&raquo; 
 Just create a completely new rule to break after a &raquo; in addition to the exception to the fullstop rule: 
 
 It's tricky to guess what you actually have to deal with without seeing more of the actual text.

Paul · Answer

Hi Barbara Pattison 
 This has less to do with default segmentation and more to do with poorly prepared source files. If these were really numbered lists in Word (and not just text) then you would not see the numbers at all as Studio would take care of them externally. 
 Can you confirm exactly what you would like here because I'm not clear. You want your segments to look like this in Studio with the numbers included in the segment? 
 1. Fractures ouvertes 
 2. Fractures en bois vert 
 3. Fractures avec d&eacute;placement 
 Can you provide a small sample file just of the text you provided so we can see what kind of white space has been used to create this source?

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Hello, I started using Studio two weeks ago. How to I get Studio to do segment breaks after the closing quotation marks placed immediately after a period?